Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

This webinar gives an opportunity for Social Workers to explore the issue of Post Natal Depression and what can happen to prospective parents when a child becomes part of their lives. Many adults dream about becoming parents, yet the reality of having a child join them can be very different; a ready-made little person with their own personality who demands constant attention. Following transitions there is no time to stop and take stock, the child is home and the tiredness can feel unreal. Homes are open to Social Workers and other professionals and life can feel out of control.

Society accepts that new Mums (and now Dads) can suffer from Post Natal Depression, so what about new parents who are in the process of adopting or who have adopted. Post Adoption Depression/Post Placement Blues is sometimes overlooked in the assessment process and some new parents have never heard of it, yet it is estimated that 10-32% of adoptive parents suffer from PAD. Lynda has specialised in this work for over 10 years and her experience shows that this can set in from when the child arrives right through to adolescence.

In this webinar we will focus on what PAD is and how it can impact on an individual or couple. We will also look at how to prepare the adopters for the possible onset and not to be afraid to admit how they are feeling.

The webinar will provide Social Workers with a checklist of what to look out for in their assessment and after a child is placed. We will also discuss ways to include this topic in home studies and training. Psychological preparation for parenthood is necessary and this is a topic not to be avoided but talked about openly.

Learning outcomes

• To be more aware of Post Adoption Depression/ Post Placement Blues
• To understand more about the psychological impact of adoptive parenting
• To have a checklist when working with new parents

About the trainer

Lynda Graham

Lynda is a Senior Accredited Counsellor with National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. After twenty-five years as a Social Worker and Senior Practitioner, Lynda set up a Private Counselling Practice. She has a particular interest in Post Placement Blues/Depression and has set up a Specialist Counselling and Support Service for prospective and new adoptive parents who are struggling following the placement of their child/children. Having researched this topic for her MSc in Counselling she also provides training to potential adoptive parents, Social Workers and other professionals.  Lynda is also a Counselling Supervisor and Trainer and Adoption Panel member with a local Health and Social Care Trust.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

This expert-led training session led by Dr Helen Rodwell will help practitioners to develop an understanding of autism and neurodiversity in adopted children. We will learn about different ideas on how professionals can ‘get to know’ and then support autistic children, young people, and their families.

“I thought the entire training event was excellent and hearing the input from the adopter perspective was really very valuable and the video clips looking at sensory perceptions from the child’s perspective..” – Attendee, 2024

We will discuss the different aspects of autism and the challenges it can pose for children and parents, providing strategies for managing challenging situations.

“The content of the webinar was so very helpful and interesting. I also really liked the trainer, she shared the information in a really accessible and interesting way.”– Attendee, 2024

The training day will explore the following areas:

• Overview of autism, neurodiversity, and neurodevelopmental disorder
• Beliefs about autism, trauma & attachment
• What does research and the autistic community tell us?
• Tools & resources to support adoptive parents navigating placement transitions, contact, and explaining the past

Learning 0utcomes

• Overview of autism, neurodiversity, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Overview of autism, trauma & attachment
• Tools & resources which professionals can use to get to know the autistic child/young person and identify what might help

Learning 0utcomes

• Core messages for Parents and Professionals
• Incorporating the Stress Model: Regulation vs Dysregulation
• Transforming the Drama Triangle into a Winners Triangle
• Techniques to deal with Transitions
• Managing Defiance and Physical and Verbal Aggression

About the trainer

Dr Helen Rodwell

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

The Adoption Journey consists of Kate Garside and Caroline Milner who have many years’ experience of working with birth relatives whose children are on the path to adoption in the Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes areas.

This workshop focuses on the services provided by the Adoption Journey – it’s model, mechanics and lessons learnt. We will talk about the benefits of the groups we run and our successful birth relative/adopter meetings which have laid the groundwork for direct and indirect contact.In the changing world of keeping in touch, the Public Law Working Group has now produced a paper which outlines what is expected in maintaining relationships with birth family and highlights the resources required.

This collaborative workshop will address the challenges that professionals who work in this field face. We will talk about our response to this initiative, advocating for birth relatives and engaging the wider social work community in the advantages of these plans.. There will be video footage from birth relatives and adopters who are navigating this ever-changing complex area.

There will be opportunities for all participants to explore their own practice and a case study in breakout rooms.

The Adoption Journey are passionate about working with the frequently forgotten service users in the adoption story.

Learning 0utcomes

• To learn about a distinct model of working with birth relatives.
• To consider the key points of the Public Law Outline on Keeping in Touch – the realities and challenges.
• To explore service user engagement strategies and the ongoing role of birth relatives in the child’s adoption journey.
• To understand the powerful impact of group work in this area.
• Opening the minds of all those involved in the adoption journey on the positive role that the continued involvement of birth relatives can have.

About the trainer

Kate Garside

A qualified Social Worker, with over 30 years’ experience in the fields of child protection, fostering and adoption. For the last 17 years, Kate has delivered local authority contracts supporting birth relatives whose children were on the path to adoption via both individual and group sessions. Additionally, Kate sits on an adoption panel where she raises the awareness of birth relatives.

Caroline Milner

Qualified as a social worker in 2009. Following this worked within the Domestic Abuse field for 6 years. Since 2015 Caroline has worked within Adoption services both assessing adopters and offering post adoption support, including birth parent support and access to records. Caroline is also trained in Therapeutic life story work and creating Therapeutic stories. She uses many of these techniques in working with birth relatives.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

This expert-led training session led by Dr Helen Rodwell will help practitioners to develop an understanding of autism and neurodiversity in adopted children. We will learn about different ideas on how professionals can ‘get to know’ and then support autistic children, young people, and their families.

“Helen was highly informed and experienced. Her examples from her own clinical practice were really helpful in understanding how to put the training into practice.” – Attendee, 2023

We will discuss the different aspects of autism and the challenges it can pose for children and parents, providing strategies for managing challenging situations.

“Helen was great, never made me feel like anything I asked was wrong.”– Attendee, 2023

The training day will explore the following areas:

• Overview of autism, neurodiversity, and neurodevelopmental disorder
• Beliefs about autism, trauma & attachment
• What does research and the autistic community tell us?
• Tools & resources to support adoptive parents navigating placement transitions, contact, and explaining the past

Learning 0utcomes

• Overview of autism, neurodiversity, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Overview of autism, trauma & attachment
• Tools & resources which professionals can use to get to know the autistic child/young person and identify what might help

About the trainer

Dr Helen Rodwell

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

Although adoption is often described as a ‘lifelong’ experience (Brodzinsky, Schechter and Marantz-Henig, 1992) its meaning and impact in adulthood, including in the roles of adoptee as parent and adopter as grandparent are relatively unexamined. This webinar shares new research findings from analysis of life story interviews with two generations (16 adoptee parents and 21 adopter grandparents) who are cross generational dyads, triads or quads, in 14 English adoptive families.

The domestic adoptions discussed (from the 1980s) are primarily ‘from care’ and took place when there was less understanding of the adversities faced and less available specialist support, post adoption. This is also the time when adoptions were moving away from being closed, to more being more open.

The workshop will explore (from different generational perspectives) the trajectories of the intergenerational dynamics across the life stories, with participants keen to share learning from the challenges faced, if/how these were overcome, and finally how relationships have been impacted by the arrival of the next generation.

The webinar will develop your learning about the long-term support needs of families at key junctures, focusing particularly upon the arrival of the next generation: how this can ‘stir the pot’ for both generations, how families connections and relationship with others widen/change (birth, reproductive and in-laws), and finally around the continued investments given of love, support and commitment, long after access to funded support ends.

Learning 0utcomes

• To learn about the trajectories of relational dynamics of adopters and adoptees in 14 families in the first ‘pioneer’ (adoption from care) generation, as adoptees become parents.
• To explore the various support needs of adoptive families at key junctures, focusing on the arrival of the next generation.
• To consider how best to support adoptees and adopters in their family networks, as they welcome the next generation.

About the trainer

Dr Julia Rimmer

Julia gained her PhD at University of Sheffield and has almost 20 years’ research experience working on a number of projects across Faculties of Health and Social Sciences at a number of universities, often working with mixed methods but specialising in qualitative research. Since 2018 she has been working as a Research Fellow with Prof. Beth Neil at University of East Anglia, more recently on evaluation projects with Adoption England. She is also an adoptive parent.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

Join us for an engaging and insightful webinar designed to enhance understanding and best practices when working with LGBT+ parents and carers. This session will provide an in-depth exploration of key concepts, terminology, and strategies to create inclusive and affirming environments that support LGBT+ families in various settings.

LGBT+ parents and carers often face unique challenges and barriers when accessing services, and it is crucial for professionals to have the knowledge and confidence to provide inclusive support. This webinar will cover essential topics such as trauma, using appropriate and affirming language, addressing unconscious biases, and ensuring policies and practices reflect the needs of LGBT+ families. Through real-life scenarios attendees will gain practical tools and confidence to create inclusivity in their professional environments.

This webinar is ideal for professionals who are looking to expand their knowledge, challenge existing biases, or update their practice to be more inclusive, this session offers valuable insights and actionable takeaways.

Previous attendees have praised the impact of this training:

“The training has given me more confidence in asking questions sensitively to understand a family’s situation without feeling like I need to have all the answers. It’s OK to ask.”

“The whole team thoroughly enjoyed the training and learned a lot. By the end, we all realised our practice was not as up-to-date as we thought. However, the training challenged us, and we will be far more mindful going forward.”

Learning outcomes

• Gender Identity Terminology
• Community Research
• Microaggression and Unconscious Bias
• Trauma and LGBT+ Parents and Carers
• Effect of Trauma on Parenting Styles
• Tackling Trauma: Strategies and interventions for addressing trauma and building resilience within LGBT+ families.
• Creating an LGBT+ Affirming Environment

Information about the trainer

Matt Taylor-Roberts

Matt is the Founder and Managing Director of Proud 2 b Parents, an award-winning organization dedicated to supporting LGBT+ parents/carers and their children. With over a decade of experience, he is passionate about creating equity and promoting change within adoption and foster care systems. As an LGBT+ parent and foster carer, his personal journey fuels his work advocating for the LGBT+ community.

He serves as an Independent Panel Member for regional adoption and foster agencies, and is a Diversity & Inclusion Champion and Pride 365 Ambassador. Recognized for his work, he has received multiple awards, including the British LGBT+ Awards 2024 and being a Diversity Awards Finalist.

As a keynote speaker, he shares his expertise on subjects like LGBT+ parent experiences, microaggressions, and creating affirming environments.

“Let’s collaborate to foster inclusivity and positive change for LGBT+ families.”

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Anyone interested in learning about the experiences and perspectives of Black social workers on the subject of identity and the children they work with.

Details

This engaging evidence seminar will focus on how historically, social work practice has not always met Black children’s identity needs. In the 70s, it was standard practice to place Black children in white homes. In 2002, legal policy was amended to emphasise children’s religion, race, and culture in finding permanent homes. However, in 2014 the legal requirement to consider ethnicity was removed, allowing transracial placements.

In this session, we will present the oral history of Black social workers in Britain. We will explore how Black social workers navigated policy shifts on ethnicity and identity in the UK—what were their perceptions of these changes, and how did they experience them in practice?

This project was funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund and conducted by the University of Coventry.

Learning outcomes

• Hear their voices: Listen to the oral history of 18 Black social workers and their experience navigating a changing policy landscape on identity and the consideration of ethnicity in children’s social care.
• Meeting identity needs: Uncover the professional and personal commitment of Black social workers, who went above and beyond to care for vulnerable children and meet their identity-needs.
• Contribution to social work: Learn about the historic, significant, and often under-recognised contribution of Black, South Asian and other minoritised communities to social work and civil society more widely

About the trainers

Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor

Dr Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor is a Feminist Sociologist of Religion. She is Assistant Professor and Research Group Lead for Faith and Peaceful Relations at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK. She chairs the Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN). Her publications include Muslim Women in Britain: Demystifying the Muslimah (Routledge 2012), Religion or Belief, Discrimination and Equality: Britain in Global Contexts (Bloomsbury 2013) and Islam on Campus: Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher Education (OUP 2020). She led the first research exploration of the experiences of children of Muslim-heritage in the care system in Britain. She is proud adoptive mother to two children.

Kusha Anand

Kusha Anand is Research Fellow and Co-Investigator, currently contributing her expertise to two pivotal research projects at the esteemed Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations, located at Coventry University, UK. As a seasoned political sociologist, Kusha’s scholarly pursuits revolve around the nuanced intersections of identity, citizenship, and education. Drawing upon a rich decade of immersive fieldwork experience, Kusha specialises in collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiatives, with a primary focus on ethnic minoritised groups, refugees, and migrants within the UK context. Her commitment extends beyond academic curiosity, delving into a genuine passion for amplifying the voices of individuals from ethnic minoritised groups in the UK.

Dr Jordan Brown

Dr Jordan Brown is a historian specializing in the intersections of gender, political activism, protest, and social history, with a particular focus on economic history and the contributions of marginalized groups. Their PhD explored the often-overlooked roles of women in militant activism during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, challenging traditional narratives about far-right organizations. They have led interdisciplinary research projects, such as the Black Social Workers Heritage Project, where they managed sensitive oral histories and highlighted systemic inequalities. With extensive experience in qualitative research, public engagement, and inclusive teaching, Jordan is committed to fostering critical thinking and diverse perspectives in academia.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack. If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers, designated teachers, and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

Our work with children from the care system and their new families inevitably means we are working at times with high levels of trauma, and just by being human our bodies and nervous systems are going to be impacted by this.

“The trainer was very knowledgeable and the break out rooms were good“– Attendee, June 2024

This expert-led training recognises the need for us, as helping professionals, to both heighten our awareness of the impact of stress on our bodies and find ways of looking after ourselves and resourcing our nervous systems. Understanding the impact of trauma only goes some way towards helping us make sense of our stress levels. What is needed when supporting ourselves to manage is for our bodies to be listened to. It is the body, as Van der Kolk says, that ultimately ‘keeps the score’.

“Relevant and interesting!” – Attendee, June 2024

The body needs attention and this workshop will focus on helping the children, young people and adults learn to care for themselves, find ways to resource themselves and manage their stress responses. The workshop offers a combination of research information and psycho-education as well as practical strategies to look after ourselves.

“It was extremely interesting and relatable in both a personal and professional capacity. Good use of diagrams and exercises to bring the subjects to life.” – Attendee, June 2024

Learning Outcomes

• To think about trauma and how it is rooted in our bodies and nervous systems
• To help participants detect when there is nervous system activation/stress for children, young people and adults
• To help participants put in place ways to support children, young people and adults calm their nervous systems and stress response
• To think overall about the value of a body-based approach

About the trainer

Jay Vaughan

Jay, M.A., is a Somatic Experience Practitioner. Jay is also a state registered Dramatherapist, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapist and certified Theraplay therapist and supervisor as well as a Theraplay trainer. Jay is the Clinical Director at Family Futures CIC. Jay has been working with traumatised children since qualifying as a Dramatherapist in 1989, and passionately believes in the use of arts, play and body-based approaches in helping traumatised children and their families heal.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

Adoption practitioners and managers (Voluntary Adoption Agencies, Regional Adoption Agencies, Local Authorities, and independent social workers), children’s social care services, children and family social workers, foster carers, kinship carers and other professionals working with children and families.

Details

As adoption practitioners we know that there’s no such thing as adoption without trauma. Our training and practice encourages us to continually reflect on the trauma of the adopted child and how best to respond to the resulting emotional, behavioural and relational difficulties they experience.

But what if the trauma belongs to the parent?  And what if that trauma is not vicarious or secondary in nature but instead comes directly from the challenges of parenting their child?  Is there an alternative to child-centred practice that allow us to equally recognise the needs of adopters and, if so, might this actually produce better results for the child long term?

In this training course, Adopter and Psychotherapist Fi Newood shares her experience of the false allegations, violence, coercive-control, verbal abuse, adoption disruption, professional judgement and more, that led to both trauma in the moment and PTSD years later.  She asks whether we can hold empathy for the child whilst also recognising the experience of the parent?

Throughout the course, participants will be encouraged to ‘sit with the uncomfortable’ that we might learn to offer a deeper level of support and connection to adopters.

This course will be challenging as we explore the thoughts and feeling that many adopters find hard to express to the professionals supporting them.

Learning outcomes

• To reflect on the difficult experiences that impact some adopters when caring for their children.
• To recognise the difference between what may be hard for an adopter and what may be traumatic.
• To learn how to respond to adopters ‘in the moment’ in ways that feel supportive for them.
• To consider the long-term impact for adopters and support that may be helpful.
• To hear an honest, first-hand experience of an adopter and have the opportunity to ask questions

About the trainer

Fi Newood

Fi Newood has spent more than 20 years working with care experienced young people.  In 2008 she and her wife fostered a sibling group of three who they later adopted in 2015. Fi now works as an Integrative Psychotherapist specialising in support for foster and adoptive families. She is the creator of the 3B’s Therapeutic Model (Belong, Believe, Behave) and an author of 2 books for parents and 4 therapeutic stories for children.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.

Who this is for

CEOs and Directors of Adoption Agencies, Senior managers, Senior adoption practitioners and Team managers of Voluntary Adoption Agencies

Details

In its national adoption strategy (published in 2021), the government set out its intention to explore with Ofsted how to improve the current inspection and regulation arrangements, to achieve ‘the right level of scrutiny and reassurance across all key elements of adoption practice, and more accurately reflect the way that services are now delivered’. This session will provide a chance for delegates to hear more about this and share thoughts on the potential opportunities for improvement.

“Information was clearly presented and explained at a pace that was right. the group discussions and length of time to discuss was just right.” – Attendee, May 2024

“[I enjoyed…] Hearing that Ofsted are working with VAA’s and RAA’s to ensure excellent adoption services work for children and families. I also really gained from considering different ways of ensuring the child and young persons voice is heard and influential in all we do. A really useful webinar.” – Attendee, March 2022

We expect that regulatory inspectors will be able to join the discussion. Delegates are encouraged to submit specific questions ahead of the session.

This expert-led practice session will be delivered under the Chatham House Rule. The Chatham House Rule helps create a trusted environment to understand and resolve complex problems. Its guiding spirit is: share the information you receive but do not reveal the identity of who said it.

Learning outcomes

• Through discussion, an up-to-date overview of policy developments relating to Ofsted’s adoption inspections
• A wider understanding of the inspection approach and methodology, and recent inspection findings
• Hear Ofsted’s reflections on their inspections of adoption services
• Share your experiences of adoption inspections
• Discuss common priorities and share views on how inspection can best support improvement in practice

About the trainer

Tracey Coglan Greig

Tracey is Ofsted’s Senior Officer for Adoption and Fostering. She leads on the ongoing development and oversight of inspection frameworks, policy, and guidance in relation to adoption and fostering. Prior to taking up this post in February 2022, Tracey worked for Ofsted as a social care regulatory inspector. In that role she registered, inspected, and monitored a range of children’s social care settings including voluntary adoption agencies, adoption support agencies and children’s services in local authorities. Before she joined Ofsted Tracey worked for 26 years in both private and statutory children’s services.

Instructions

A member of staff will be in touch with attendees one week prior to the event to share a pre-event delegate pack.

If you have any questions regarding this webinar, please contact us at info@cvaa.org.uk. We will aim to answer your query within two working days.

CVAA accept online payments only. In case you do not have instant access to your company card, we suggest using your personal card instead to book a training event and claim it back with your agency in your expenses. Requesting an invoice to pay for our standard practice events is not possible.